Home sales up in Orange, flat in Ulster, Sullivan

Single-family home sales rose in Orange County last month compared to a year earlier, but were flat in Sullivan and Ulster counties.

James Walsh

Single-family home sales rose in Orange County last month compared to a year earlier, but were flat in Sullivan and Ulster counties.

There were 174 sales last month in Orange County, up from 136 in September 2011, according to the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service.

The median price in Orange County last month was $245,000, down about 3 percent from $252,450 a year earlier, while year-to-date sales in Orange reached 1,254 last month, up from 1,165 through September 2011.

Ulster County had 77 sales in September, just one off from the 78 sales recorded in September 2011, according to Ulster’s Board of Realtors. Ulster’s median sale price of $197,500 in September was down about 2 percent from the September 2011 median of $202,000.

Sullivan County saw a small uptick in sales, to 36 last month compared with 30 a year earlier, according to the Sullivan County Board of Realtors. Sullivan’s median sale price last month was $150,000, up from an unusually low $85,000 a year ago.